When your cat becomes ill and poops all over your house, it’s important to remember that this is the life you choose, and at any time we can be humbled. Like a game of Tetris, there’s no win condition, but we can enjoy the game while we’re all here playing it together. We remind ourselves that it’s no fun to play the game of life alone, and building a community of people committed to their personal growth through mindfulness can be one of the most joyous and liberating endeavors we can give our attention to. Get tips on how to quiet the mind, cultivate bliss, and grapple with the monetization ..read more

We’re pretty upbeat about life in the face of impending doom. Brian and Cory discuss practical mindfulness techniques for living in a modern society bombarded by information overload, negative news, and existential dread. Learn how to maintain the balance of inner peace while staying connected to the outside world. Get tips on how to slow down and reflect. Understand the difference between mindfulness and meditation. Corydharma’s Doom Rant about this episode: http://mindfulnessofdoom.com/doom-rants/the-beginning-of-the-end/ Episode 001 on our Website: http://mindfulnessofdoom.com/podcast/001-t ..read more

Free Hugs?  I’m down!  What’s the Advantage of Fear?  In this episode, Kemy Joseph shares with us how difficult it was to simply offer a hug or a high five to a stranger.  With so much stress, confusion and panic in the world, there we attempt make life little more positive by examining our own actions and words.  So we try to be the change we want to see in the world.  That’s a pretty tall order, but to be honest, it’s the only real power we have to change how we interact with the world.  It can be easy to give into fear and not engage with your own behavior ..read more

Using Fear as Motivation is super relevant in 2020.  Way back in the before times, April of 2020, Brian and Cory recorded this episode and nearly lost it to time and poor file management.  The Doom duo discuss starting your dream project and how using fear as a motivating force helps them to grow and be better versions of themselves.  Cory shares the story of how children’s book author Kate DiCamillo told him to give up on the idea of success and to learn to love the fight rather than the victory.  Brian tells us to use your super power and to stop waiting for inspiration a ..read more

Sit! Speak! Stay a while and listen!  Dog training is more about training the human than the dog. The founder of Comprehensive Canine Training teaches Mindfulness of Doom how to Train Your Dog Brain.  No really.  Kate Godfrey is a dog training professional who uses force free training techniques to teach humans how to be better dog owners and better people!  We discuss how useful dog training is for dealing with people, how compassion plays a leading role in relationships, and no matter how trained you are, your family is just… well they are family.  There is training ..read more

How do we stay mindful in the wake of loss?  In this episode we hosted an Instagram Live call to allow for our listeners to ask their questions about loss and grief and mindfulness in general.  Mindfulness of Doom recently lost a friend to gun violence and we wanted to try to share some of our stories about loss.  How we find comfort in loss is in togetherness and community, however ineffectual it may be we wanted to add our voice to that community.  Though we often joke around about death, doom and mortality, we grieve too.  Comfort in the face of uncertainty is all we can really do for each ..read more

The Doom Duo is back and this month Brian and Cory are discussing being lost in existence!  This episode was recorded from an Instagram Live call from Brian’s Inner Sensei series talking to teachers, practitioners, and students about how to live their best lives.  Cory and Brian catch up after a long hiatus and open up about their own experiences with feeling lost in existence.  Their respective paths are fairly different and Cory breaks down the differences between the sudden and the gradual realization of change in ones’s life.   Brian shares how his experiences in the architecture field ..read more

What happens when Brain, Cory, and Rabbi Adam Gindea just talk?  Well, we ramble and drift from conversations about short term memory loss to spirituality, to the shortcomings of religion, to marriage, to video games, to hallucinations, to taking calls from our listeners, and seamfully segueing back into religious spirituality.  In this bonus episode of Mindfulness of Doom, we share with you the conversation behind the scenes.  This isn’t a full episode, but rather the continuation of the conversation from Episode 42 The Answer to Life the Universe and Everything with Rabbi Adam Gindea.  Brian ..read more

Adrian Madriz is the Director of SMASH, the Struggle for Miami’s Affordable and Sustainable Housing.  He joins Mindfulness of Doom to discuss eating the rich, video games, and proper beard maintenance. Cory gets flattered, Brian declares his love of money, and Adrian sings the Doom song.   In this episode Adrian explains the racist concept of red-lining, how slumlords make money on offering terrible living conditions, and how SMASH is trying to offer community owned low income housing options to the areas that need it the most. Guess what! Soon Cory is a guest on two episodes of the Serv ..read more

Rabbi Adam Gindea of Base Miami joins Mindfulness of Doom to discuss the nature of religion, his recent spiritual awakening, and mystic teachings as they relate to other religious beliefs.  Since this is episode 42, naturally we talk about the answer to life the universe and everything! Cory and Brian both get the F out of Miami and actually agree with each other a few times on the podcast.  Cory complains about his bad luck and shitty landlord. Guess what! Soon Cory will be a guest on an upcoming episode of the Serve Conscious podcast! So go check out the Serve Conscious Podcast: https ..read more